Improvement in water-meters



@anni @Militia GEORGE W. SMITH, OF NORWICH, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 101,323, :Za/ted March 29, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-METERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame ing cylinder, provided with two or any suitable num- -ber ofradiating hollow arms communicating internally with the cylinder andhaving their outer ends opening in opposite directions, the cylinder andarms being adjusted to 'revolve freely upon suitable bearings.-

vI inclose this apparatus in a suitable case which is divided internallyinto two compartments by a parti tion,.in which the upper end of thecylinder revolves, iitted and packed ina proper manner, so that thewater, which ows into the upper part of vthecase,

'is discharged through the cylinder and arms into the water in the lowerpart of the case, thereby causing the apparatus to revolve in the water,the number of revolutions indicatiugthe volumel of water which passesthrough the meter.

The water may be drawn off from the bottonl'of the case, or at any otherdesired point.

Suitable registering mechanism is placed in the upper part of thecase,and connected to the revolving cylinder..

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view of' themeter, with its connections.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section, showing the construction andarrangement of the internal parts."

. Figure 3 is an elevation, showing the revolving arms lC C and openingsO O.

Figure 4 shows the pointed bearing F as connected to the discharge-pipeI).

A is the case or body of the meter, iliade oi' glass 0r any suitablematerial, divided by the partition H.

Below the partition are placed the hollow cylinder and arms B C C,revolving upon the p oint F, supported .by the bearing G, and providedat the point P with proper packing.

In the upper part of the case is placed the registering mechanism I I.

E is the pipe lthrough which the Water enters the meter, the arrowsshowing the direction of its flow.

l I do not claim as 4new the cylinder and arms B C C.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination and arrangement of theupright hollow cylinder and arms B C C revolving in water in the lowerchamber of the 'case A, having the upper end of the cylinder openinginto the upper chamber of the case, and provided with packing, which,while, it permits the cylinder to revolve freely, causes all the watersupplied to the upper chamber-to pass through the revolving cylinder andarms into the water in the lower chamber, whence it is discharged,

substantially as and for the purposes hereiubcfore set forth.

2 The combination in a water-meter of the revolving cylinder B, arms CC, partition H, bearings F and G, packing l), and registering mechanismI, all arranged and Voperating in the water within the case A,substantially as and for the purposes herein described.

GEORGE W. SMITH.

lVitnesses:

WEBSTER PARK, THOMAS E. SPARKS.

